The Effect of Online Community on Offline Community in Saudi Arabia

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Al Saggaf, Yeslam ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 14044276843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2004.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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